Airborn Vocabulary Test

What does the word supple mean in the sentence below?

Mara's fingers were fast and supple as they flew across the piano keys.

• highly trained

• moving and bending with ease

• quickly changing

• sore after exercising

What does the word taut mean in the sentence below?

The taut fishing line told Shelby that there was a fish on her hook.

• neat and tidy

• badly tangled

• secured to a post

• pulled tight

What does the word careening meaning in this sentence?

Alice went careening around the ice skating rink, causing other skaters to fall.

• spinning

• straightening

• moving wildly

• moving gracefully

What does the word undulating meaning in this sentence?

The flag was undulating gracefully in the breeze.

• drooping

• snapping

• shaking hard

• moving like a wave

What does the word jostled mean in the sentence below?

Although dad drove carefully down the dirt road, we were still jostled in the back seat.

• mixed together

• scattered around

• handled with care

• bumped and knocked into

What means to consume or cover completely?

• drown

• uncover

• neglect

• engulf

These are all synonyms for 'frail' except:

• breakable

• weak

• fragile

• strong

What is the meaning of frayed?

• to work hard

• to cause to be unraveled

• to be lazy

• to be difficult

What word goes with the definition "to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline?"

• jostled

• falter

• undulating

• supple

What does the word relishing mean in the sentence below?

He found himself hating the feeling instead of relishing it, like he thought he would if their roles were ever reversed.

• handling with care

• moving gracefully

• complete and true enjoyment

• moving forward